Impacts of Grazing on the Selected Features of Herbaceous Species and Harvested Dry Matter Yield of Natural Pasture

Table 2

The distribution of plant families and their species in three grazing areas.

No	Scientific name	Family	Grazing system
			Grazing exclusion areas	Controlled grazing	Continuous grazing
1	Agrostis gracilifolia CE. Hubb.	Poaceae	P	P	A
2	Agrostis quinqueseta (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hochst.	Poaceae	A	A	P
3	Agrostis quinqueseta (Hochst. ex Steud.) Hochst.	Poaceae	A	P	P
4	Alysicarpus quartinianus A. Rich	Fabaceae	P	A	P
5	Alysicarpus rugosus (Willd) DC.	Fabaceae	P	P	A
6	Andropogon abyssinicus	Poaceae	P	P	A
7	Andropogon chrysostachyus Steud.	Poaceae	A	P	A
8	Andropogon distachyos	Poaceae	P	A	A
9	Andropogon selloanus (Hack.) Hack	Poaceae	P	A	A
10	Andropogon spp.	Poaceae	P	A	A
11	Anthemis tigreensis J. Gay ex A. Rich.	Asteraceae	A	A	A
12	Aristida adoensis Hochst.	Poaceae	P	A	A
13	Arthraxon micans (Nees) Hochst.	Poaceae	P	A	A
14	Arthraxon prionodes	Poaceae	P	A	A
15	Bothriochloa insculpta (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) A. Camus	Poaceae	A	P	A
16	Carex steudneri Bock	Cyperaceae	A	A	P
17	Centella asiatica (L.) Urban	Apiaceae	A	P	P
18	Commelina subula	Commelinaceae	A	A	P
19	Crotalaria species	Fabaceae	A	P	A
20	Cyanotis barbata	Commelinaceae	A	A	P
21	Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.	Cyperaceae	P	P	P
22	Cyperus dichroostachyus	Cyperaceae	P	A	A
23	Cyperus rigidifolius	Poaceae	A	A	P
24	Cyperus rotundus	Cyperaceae	P	A	P
25	Eleusine floccifolia	Poaceae	P	P	P
26	Eragrostis botryoides	Poaceae	A	P	A
27	Eragrostis paniciformis (A. Br.) Steud.	Poaceae	A	P	A
28	Eragrostis pascua	Poaceae	A	P	P
29	Eragrostis patentipilosa	Poaceae	P	A	A
30	Eragrostis porosa	Poaceae	P	P	P
31	Girardinia diversifolia (Link) Friis	Urticaceae	A	A	P
32	Gnaphalium rubriflorum Hilliard	Asteraceae	P	A	P
33	Guizotia scabra (Vis.) Chiov	Asteraceae	A	P	A
34	Guizotia scabra (Vis.) Chiov	Asteraceae	P	A	P
35	Hygrophila schulli	Acanthaceae	P	A	A
36	Hyparrhenia anthistirioides	Poaceae	P	P	A
37	Hyparrhenia diplandra (Hack.) Stapf	Poaceae	P	P	A
38	Hyparrhenia dregeana	Poaceae	P	A	A
39	Hyparrhenia rufa (Nees) Stapf	Poaceae	P	A	A
40	Medicago polymorpha	Fabaceae	P	P	A
41	Osyris quadripartita Decne	Santalaceae	A	P	P
42	Panicum coloratum L.	Poaceae	P	P	A
43	Pennisetum beckeroides	Poaceae	P	P	P
44	Pennisetum glabrum	Poaceae	P	P	P
45	Pennisetum glaucifolium	Poaceae	P	A	P
46	Pennisetum ramosum (Hochst) Schweinf.	Poaceae	P	A	A
47	Plantago lanceolata L.	Plantaginaceae	A	P	A
48	Poa schimperiana Hochst. ex A. Rich	Poaceae	A	A	P
49	Setaria pumila (Poir.) Roem. & Schult.	Poaceae	A	P	A
50	Snowdenia polystachya	Poaceae	P	A	A
51	Sporobolus natalensis	Poaceae	P	P	A
52	Trifolium acaule	Fabaceae	A	P	P
53	Trifolium burchellianum	Fabaceae	P	P	A
54	Trifolium campestre	Fabaceae	P	P	A
55	Trifolium decorum	Fabaceae	A	A	P
56	Trifolium pratense	Fabaceae	A	P	A
57	Trifolium repens L.	Fabaceae	P	P	A
58	Trifolium rueppellianum	Fabaceae	P	P	A
59	Zennia elegans Jaquin	Asteraceae	A	A	P

A, species absent; P, species present.